Summer Reading Challenge

After registering, kids can visit their nearest Lambton County Library to receive a registration kit while supplies last. For every five books read during the Summer Reading Challenge, kids will earn one free book to a maximum of three book prizes. In addition to reading, kids can participate in activities to earn badges and be entered into prize draws. Each week, kids who have logged reading will be entered into a draw to win a block game.

 Earn activity badges while exploring the community for a chance to win a prize.

Outdoor Activities Badge:

Kids who complete one of the six listed activities will earn their Outdoor Activities Badge.

• Read outside: Use our curated reading lists below for inspiration.
• Look for celestial bodies in the night sky: Borrow a Telescope Kit for a better view
• Try a new sport or physical activity: Lambton County Library has a variety of Sport Kits you can borrow.
• Backyard bio blitz: become a backyard scientist and help the Canadian Nature Conservancy track biodiversity in your community. Borrow a pair of Binoculars to admire nature from a safe distance.

Use Your Own STEAM - Active Transportation Badge

Take a form of active transportation by getting somewhere with your own physical exertion instead of a motorized vehicle. Completion of this Active Transportation Badge will enter you into a draw to win a bike bell from Lambton Public Health.

Nutty Scientist Badge

Kids who complete one of the five listed activities will earn their Nutty Scientist Badge and be entered into a draw to win a Klutz Lego STEM Kit (or similar based on winners age).

• Kitchen chemistry: Did you know that cooking and baking are chemistry? Try cooking or baking something with a friend or relative.

• Be a Builder!: Be creative and build something. A tower, a blanket fort, a birdhouse, an obstacle course, the sky is the limit! Kids of all ages can build, whether it is with blocks, magnet tiles, or tools.

• Be an artist!: Art is full of science and math. Create something using any medium you choose and explore art concepts like colour mixing, symmetry, and perspective.

• Create a chain reaction!: From domino trains, to toppling towers, to Rube Goldberg machines, chain reactions are fun, and kids of all ages can make them.

• Try a science experiment at home!: You can do lots of simple science experiments at home!

Kids who complete the challenge by earning all the activity badges will be entered into a draw to win their choice of the following prizes:

After registering, teens can visit their nearest Lambton County Library to receive a registration kit while supplies last. Teens can track the number of minutes they read each day and earn book prizes at 200 minutes of reading, 400 minutes of reading, and 600 minutes of reading, with a maximum of three book prizes. In addition to reading, teens can participate in activities to earn badges and be entered into prize draws. Each week, teens who have logged reading will be entered into a draw to win a Chilly Moose Okanagan tumbler.

Earn badges while exploring the community for a chance to win prizes. 

Use Your Own STEAM - Active Transportation Badge

Take a form of active transportation by getting somewhere with your own physical exertion instead of a motorized vehicle. Completion of this Active Transportation Badge will enter you into a draw to win a bike lock from Lambton Public Health.

Activity Badge

Teens who complete one of the five listed activities will earn this Activity Badge.

• Be a Coder: try Fiero Code.

• Create a Chain Reaction: From domino trains, to toppling towers, to Rube Goldberg machines, chain reactions are fun for all ages.

• Kitchen Science: create your own punch recipe, try a 'Nailed it!' challenge, or 'Is It Cake?'

• Art is Science: Make artwork of any kind.

• Backyard Bio Blitz: participate in the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Backyard Bio Blitz.

Young Adult

Teen Advisory Council Picks

Teens who complete the challenge by earning all the activity badges will be entered into a draw to win their choice of the following prizes:

Log the books you read and participate in activities to earn badges to win prizes. Challenge yourself to read something different this summer! Each week, adults who have logged reading will be entered into a draw to win a paint set.

Earn activity badges while exploring the community for a chance to win a prize.

Challenge Yourshelf Badge

Get out of your comfort zone and read a genre that you haven't explored before! Six genres have been selected and reading lists will be available if you are looking for suggestions. Read one book in any of the genres listed below and earn the Challenge Yourshelf activity badge and be entered into a draw to win wireless, noise-cancelling headphones.

• about science “gone wrong”
• science fiction that takes place in outer space
• about a BIPOC scientist
• historical fiction about a scientific discovery
• non-fiction focused on science, technology, art or math
• a STEAM-y romance book

Outdoor Activities Badge

Choose one of the following activities to earn this badge and be entered to win a Chilly Moose Dockside Set.

• Borrow a Telescope Kit from the library: View celestial wonders! What did you see?

• Borrow a Sports Kit from the library: Explore a new sport at your own pace, practice skills, or enjoy a friendly game. Choose from Basketball, Pickleball, Baseball, Tennis, or Soccer. What did you try?

• Join the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Backyard Bioblitz: This community science event encourages people to document local biodiversity by recording and sharing photos of plants, animals, and fungi in their own backyards, local parks, or neighborhoods. The event will take place July 27 - August 3, 2026. What did you see?

• Read outside: on a deck or porch, backyard, at a park, on the beach. Sometimes reading is better outside! What and where did you read?

Lifelong Learner Badge

Complete one of the following activities to earn the Lifelong Learner activity badge and be entered into a draw to win a Space Observatory Escape Puzzle.

• Sign up for a library card

• Watch a virtual Author Talk – livestream or recorded

• Try reading in Libby – eBook, eAudiobook, or eMagazine

• Attend a library program

• Try one of our art LinkedIn Learning courses. Options include:

• 21-Day Drawing Challenge

• Animation Foundations: Drawing Cartoon Characters

• Painting Foundations

• Taking Great Photos with Your Phone

• Are you interested in learning more about living things, or perhaps beginning to train for a career in the healthcare or medical professions? Try our Gale course "Introduction to Biology". What did you learn?

• Learn coding with Fiero Code! Fiero is an innovative e-learning platform designed to turn you into a coding pro. Access this free resource and learn how to build websites, video games, phone apps, animations and more. What did you learn about?

STEAM Team Up Badge

Complete one of the following activities to earn the STEAM Team Up activity badge and be entered into a draw to win a Spikeball set.

• Make a recipe together! Cooking integrates concepts like chemical reactions, measurement, engineering structures, and creative presentation. What did you make?
• Completing this badge with kids? Try a simple science experiment. What did you try?
• Build something together. It could be building a Lego set or putting together furniture! What did you build?

Adults who complete the challenge by earning all the activity badges will be entered into a draw to win their choice of the following prizes: